The Heroin Diaries: Ten Year Anniversary Edition: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Nikki Sixx
Oct 2017 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Nikki Sixx, Sophie Kargman, and Ross Marquand
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A brutally honest rock memoir, The Heroin Diaries chronicles Mötley CrĂŒe bassist Nikki Sixxâs descent into heroin addiction and his harrowing fight for recovery at the height of fame.
When Mötley CrĂŒe was at the height of its fame, there wasnât any drug Nikki Sixx wouldnât do. He spent daysâsometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and loversâin a coke- and heroin-fueled daze.
The highs were high, and Nikkiâs journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions.
Here, Nikki shares the diary entriesâsome poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarreâof those dark times. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more.
Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and surprisingly moving, The Heroin Diaries follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottomâand his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again.
When Mötley CrĂŒe was at the height of its fame, there wasnât any drug Nikki Sixx wouldnât do. He spent daysâsometimes alone, sometimes with other addicts, friends, and loversâin a coke- and heroin-fueled daze.
The highs were high, and Nikkiâs journal entries reveal some euphoria and joy. But the lows were lower, often ending with Nikki in his closet, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and wrapped in paranoid delusions.
Here, Nikki shares the diary entriesâsome poetic, some scatterbrained, some bizarreâof those dark times. Joining him are Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Slash, Rick Nielsen, Bob Rock, and a host of ex-managers, ex-lovers, and more.
Brutally honest, utterly riveting, and surprisingly moving, The Heroin Diaries follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottomâand his courageous decision to pick himself up and start living again.
A brutally honest rock memoir, The Heroin Diaries chronicles Mötley CrĂŒe bassist Nikki Sixxâs descent into heroin addiction and his harrowing fight for recovery at the height of fame.
When Mötley CrĂŒe was at the height of its fame, there wasnât any drug Nikki Sixx wouldnât do. He spent daysâsome...
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132 reviews
Chasidy Miniard
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October 10, 2025
I thought it was a great book. He's telling you his personal story about addiction and what he went through and how it took over his life. He opened up his life that he probably didn't want many people to know about him. He told the truth about how addiction takes over your life. Even though he was lucky to be alive, nothing could make him quit until he was ready to. He was a rock star, and he acted like one. The best part about the audio book, to me, was that he read it to you. His voice.
Candy Kittles
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September 10, 2019
I started reading as a fan and hey. i was there in 1987 watch the Girls tour in Chatanooga. Guns N Roses were on the stage. My friends and iI were smoking weed saying " who is that guy on stage dancing like a chicken? They sound ok but we want Motley!"After hearing everything Nikki was going through at that time and how he came out of it is truley a inspration. The man will always rock!
Bobby Bus
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September 4, 2019
Read it 10 years ago along with "This is Gonna Hurt"..... Both books were worth every penny and more. I've read alot of Roc Docs and these were by far my favorites!
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International rock icon Nikki Sixx is one of the founding members of Mötley CrĂŒe and Sixx:A.M., a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries and This Is Gonna Hurt, co-founder of rock couture fashion line Royal Underground, philanthropist, photographer, and host of the nationally syndicated radio show Sixx Sense, which airs on over 115 stations, and The Side Show Countdown. As the creative force behind a multitude of projects, Sixx never stops inventing new ways to express himself and continues to unveil his unusual points of view with new projects. In addition to selling over 100 million albums with Mötley CrĂŒe and Sixx:A.M., songs written by Sixx have been used in national commercials, his photographs have been published by the New York Post, and heâs raised several hundred thousand dollars through his Running Wild In The Night charity for Covenant House California.
International rock icon Nikki Sixx is one of the founding members of Mötley CrĂŒe and Sixx:A.M., a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Heroin Diaries and This Is Gonna Hurt, co-founder of rock couture fashion line Royal Underground, philanthropist, photographer, and host of the natio...
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